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Albertsons: Quaker Scenario + Double Deals

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Make sure you grab the Albertsons ad with double coupons in your Sunday paper! You should be able to get more at your store’s customer service desk. Here’s a Quaker scenario, maximizing your Albertsons doubles:

UPDATE: Quaker contacted Albertsons to let them know that someone was making photo copies of the coupon in question. That’s why they have told all stores to not accept them, even the legit ones.

Your store may or may not accept the $1/1 Oatmeal coupon as they have mistakenly declared all Quaker printable coupons as fraudulent. They are not fraudulent and your store may have updated information by now. As we say in the coupon biz, “YMMV” — your mileage may vary.

So the Sherwood sign is incorrect..I was told at one Albies the ones expiring in April are the ones they are not accepting, but they are accepting all other coupons. Mine all expired in Feb. and They took them no problem at the Albies I went to.

I used the FM 3/$5 MQ at the Padden Parkway Albies in Vancouver. The lady I asked said they were recently sent more info from corporate to accept any coupon unless copied. They still have a decent stock of cereal and smores granola bars.

I didn't realize there was a problem with any of the Quaker Coupons. I presented mine and was treated like a criminal. They checker had the manager stand there and verify every coupon before she would accept them even coupons from the newspaper.

When I questioned her about the Quaker Coupons she said that to be valid they had to have a expiration date of 4/30/10 not 4/30/2010.

They also wouldn't not accept my buy two gallon of milk and receive a free chocolate milk coupon. They stated the Albertsons will no longer accept free item internet coupons because they are all fraudulent as well.

I went to Albies in Sherwood today. There was a sign taped at the check-out lane that said they would only take the QU\aker coupon that had exp date of April 2010, and all others were fradulent. Anyone even see that one??(with the April exp) They had a copy of the actual coupon on there too. Mine had exp of Feb,so they WOULD NOT take it.

Sunnyside Albies took all of my $1/1 instant oatemal printables with no questions. However, on my third transaction, the discount didn't come off, just went to CS and they gave me the difference, just a shout out to make sure and check your receipts. That store was fully stocked on a few endcap type displays with all kinds of the Quaker items. AND they had a clearance rack at the front with a ton of H&B Loreal, Nivea, Neutrogena, Revlon, lots of items that matched wonderfully with coupons I had. I paid maybe $5 for a sackful of goodies. The cashier was thrilled for me, and I gave her some Loreal coupons to use on her break. She about flipped! 🙂

Jennifer – Unfortunately, it's not the store's fault, it is whoever made a scan of the coupon and posted it on the internet. The stores in our Eastern Washington area won't take them either, per corporate. This is not their normal policy, just when things go horribly wrong thanks to one or two people who tried to cheat the system and made the rest of us pay. Hopefully they didn't make you feel bad about trying to use it, most of the rest of us can't either.

Thanks Mandy. My paper did not get the Toys R Us, Albertsons, and some other ads. The person must have missed inserting these, I realized this when I got my mom's paper and she had a bunch of ads I didn't. Oh, well at least they should be at the customer service.

I went to albertsons today and they are almost out of everything! Luckily I bought the oatmeal earlier, and today I had to get the variety pack of granola bars. But I am ok with that and still was able to get them for $.20 each!!!!

Keizer Albertsons is still not accepting the Quaker Oatmeal $1/1 Q as of this morning. I kept them to use another time. To bad someone is messing it up for the rest of us by photo copying! Still some great deals in the back by the milk the have carts of discounted items. There were Oust Air Sanitizer Sprays for $2 used my BOGO so $1 a piece. Also I was told that Albertsons new policy is to only allow 3 transactions per trip and only 3 double coupons per day. Anyone have any info on this? My cashier went ahead and let me use all my doubles and did 4 transactions for me though.

Michelle, I found mine. It was the very first thing where the big batch of ads are. It is just one sheet folded in half and the side with the Albertson's name was facing down. So, look for just a thin one sheet folded in half. Mine was right after the Travel section of the newspaper and on top of the Toys 'R Us ad.

The oatmeal coupons I had came right from the Quaker website. They told me I couldn't use them. Finally got a manger who said he couldn't take them but manually gave me the $s off. Still frustrating, I hate when they make me feel like I committing fraud by using a coupon. Never have problems like this at Fred Meyer, gonna stick to shopping there.